Jan Ottosson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4174842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Ottosson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ottosson |
| SIGNATURE | OTTOSSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2173-0224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Between consensus and contention. Economic defence, industry interests, and the funding of metal stockpiling in Sweden, 1973–1987
The turmoil of conflict and international crisis affects government as well as business interests. This article investigates how government–business relationships developed to tackle the potential problems of so-called peacetime crises that could adversely affect the country's steel and metal industries if the imports of alloy metals were disrupted in Sweden during the 1970s and 1980s. Based on extensive archival material and using an Advocacy Co…
The Nordic Model and the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
This article explores Sweden’s opposition to the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages. Despite broad support for minimum wage legislation across Europe, Swedish trade unions and employer organisations unanimously resisted the directive, fearing that it would undermine the autonomous collective bargaining model. Although the directive includes exemptions for countries with robust collective bargaining systems, concerns persist regarding potentia…
Negotiating a new Swedish model
This article is aimed to contribute to our knowledge regarding employer and employee preferences about employment security and unemployment income protection as well as the degree of neoliberal change during the last decades through the lens of collective bargaining. It charts the institutional–historical development of an Employment Transition Agreement (ETA) between the bargaining cartel for white-collar unions, PTK, and the organisation for pr…
The social background of elite executives
Sweden is often described as a country where intergenerational social mobility is high, but research also shows that social mobility decreases the closer one gets to the extreme top of the income distribution. We study the occupational mobility for the CEOs of Sweden’s 30 largest public firms since 1945. The study is based on a data set consisting of 229 former and current CEOs who were born between the late 1800s and 1970. We have information ab…
Collective agreements against labor market risks in Sweden
Occupational welfare as an alternative to public welfare for the protection against social risks has lately attracted increased attention. However, there is no clear agreement on the causes behind the emergence and expansion of occupational welfare schemes in modern welfare states. This article contributes to this subject through a study of one specific form of occupational welfare in Sweden, called Employment Security or Transition Agreements, a…
The risk of pioneering
The making and running of one of the early Swedish civil aviation companies – Svenska Lufttrafikaktiebolaget 1919–23 – show that military representatives and private entrepreneurs were highly important during this phase. We state that the making of this early civil aviation company in Sweden had not been possible without close personal ties between bankers and entrepreneurs, as well as their beliefs in the future of civil aviation as a natural an…
What Can the State Do for You
It has been suggested that Swedish policy during the early post-war period was strongly directed towards mobility-increasing expenditures – most notably relocation allowances – aimed at moving labour from north to south. While this view has dominated the academic discussion on labour market policy, there is little direct evidence. We make three claims. First, the relocation allowances have to be evaluated against the regional policy. Second, by d…
The power of corporate networks
"The power of corporate networks: a comparative and historical perspective, Routledge international studies in business history." Scandinavian Economic History Review, 64(2), pp. 175–176
Statens nett. Systemutvikling i norsk elforsyning 1890–2007
Unemployment and mortality—a longitudinal prospective study on selection and causation in 49321 Swedish middle-aged men
BACKGROUND: Unemployment is associated with increased risk of mortality. It is, however, not clear to what extent this is causal, or whether other risk factors remain uncontrolled for. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between unemployment and all-cause and cause-specific mortality, adjusting for indicators of mental disorder, behavioural risk factors and social factors over the life course. METHODS: This study was based on…
The Evolution of Path Dependence
The notion and interpretation of path dependence have been discussed and utilized in various social sciences during the last two decades. This innovative book provides significant new insights onto how the different applications of path dependence have developed and evolved. The authors suggest that there has been a definite evolution from applications of path dependence in the history of technology towards other fields of social science. They al…
State Intervention and the Role of History - state and private actors in Swedish network industries
Three main theoretical positions towards state intervention and regulation are discussed in relation to the case of Swedish infrastructure. The positive, the normative, and the political transaction cost approaches are examined in relation to the historic development of regulatory systems in civil aviation, railroads, and telecommunications. The authors show that governance regimes have historical roots, and develop differently due to policies im…
Regulatory change and international co-operation
The article deals with the issue of international co-operation and co-ordination in the Scandinavian communication industries. While many studies have been made of the international organizations regulating these industries, little has been said about the various voluntary, often informal, bilateral and multilateral agreements that exist outside such organizations. Yet those agreements were influential in shaping the international Scandinavian co…
Interlocking Directorates in Swedish Big Business in the Early 20th Century
The growth of big business in Sweden was closely interrelated with the rise of modern banking and a mixed banking system, as in other countries in Western Europe (Teichova 1992; Olsson 1991, 1993).2 In this context the question of the structure and role of interlocking directorates, connecting business and banking, becomes crucial in further exploring and thus understanding the interaction between banks and industry? However, until recently, ther…
AB Gust Carlsson, 1880–1990, Networks and Survival in the Swedish Printing Industry
This article discusses the role of agent firms in industrial networks. Earlier research has merely seen the agent firm as an unstable form of organisation, thus ignoring their important function as a nexus between producers and customers. The history of AB Gust Carlsson, an agent firm supplying the Swedish printing and graphic art industry with German and American technology, illustrates the role of long-term relationships and trust in industrial…
Unemployment and mortality—a longitudinal prospective study on selection and causation in 49321 Swedish middle-aged men
BACKGROUND: Unemployment is associated with increased risk of mortality. It is, however, not clear to what extent this is causal, or whether other risk factors remain uncontrolled for. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between unemployment and all-cause and cause-specific mortality, adjusting for indicators of mental disorder, behavioural risk factors and social factors over the life course. METHODS: This study was based on…
What Can the State Do for You
It has been suggested that Swedish policy during the early post-war period was strongly directed towards mobility-increasing expenditures – most notably relocation allowances – aimed at moving labour from north to south. While this view has dominated the academic discussion on labour market policy, there is little direct evidence. We make three claims. First, the relocation allowances have to be evaluated against the regional policy. Second, by d…
The social background of elite executives
Sweden is often described as a country where intergenerational social mobility is high, but research also shows that social mobility decreases the closer one gets to the extreme top of the income distribution. We study the occupational mobility for the CEOs of Sweden’s 30 largest public firms since 1945. The study is based on a data set consisting of 229 former and current CEOs who were born between the late 1800s and 1970. We have information ab…
Collective agreements against labor market risks in Sweden
Occupational welfare as an alternative to public welfare for the protection against social risks has lately attracted increased attention. However, there is no clear agreement on the causes behind the emergence and expansion of occupational welfare schemes in modern welfare states. This article contributes to this subject through a study of one specific form of occupational welfare in Sweden, called Employment Security or Transition Agreements, a…
Interlocking Directorates in Swedish Big Business in the Early 20th Century
The growth of big business in Sweden was closely interrelated with the rise of modern banking and a mixed banking system, as in other countries in Western Europe (Teichova 1992; Olsson 1991, 1993).2 In this context the question of the structure and role of interlocking directorates, connecting business and banking, becomes crucial in further exploring and thus understanding the interaction between banks and industry? However, until recently, ther…
AB Gust Carlsson, 1880–1990, Networks and Survival in the Swedish Printing Industry
This article discusses the role of agent firms in industrial networks. Earlier research has merely seen the agent firm as an unstable form of organisation, thus ignoring their important function as a nexus between producers and customers. The history of AB Gust Carlsson, an agent firm supplying the Swedish printing and graphic art industry with German and American technology, illustrates the role of long-term relationships and trust in industrial…
AB Gust Carlsson, 1880–1990, Networks and Survival in the Swedish Printing Industry
This article discusses the role of agent firms in industrial networks. Earlier research has merely seen the agent firm as an unstable form of organisation, thus ignoring their important function as a nexus between producers and customers. The history of AB Gust Carlsson, an agent firm supplying the Swedish printing and graphic art industry with German and American technology, illustrates the role of long-term relationships and trust in industrial…
Interlocking Directorates in Swedish Big Business in the Early 20th Century
The growth of big business in Sweden was closely interrelated with the rise of modern banking and a mixed banking system, as in other countries in Western Europe (Teichova 1992; Olsson 1991, 1993).2 In this context the question of the structure and role of interlocking directorates, connecting business and banking, becomes crucial in further exploring and thus understanding the interaction between banks and industry? However, until recently, ther…
Regulatory change and international co-operation
The article deals with the issue of international co-operation and co-ordination in the Scandinavian communication industries. While many studies have been made of the international organizations regulating these industries, little has been said about the various voluntary, often informal, bilateral and multilateral agreements that exist outside such organizations. Yet those agreements were influential in shaping the international Scandinavian co…
State Intervention and the Role of History - state and private actors in Swedish network industries
Three main theoretical positions towards state intervention and regulation are discussed in relation to the case of Swedish infrastructure. The positive, the normative, and the political transaction cost approaches are examined in relation to the historic development of regulatory systems in civil aviation, railroads, and telecommunications. The authors show that governance regimes have historical roots, and develop differently due to policies im…
The Evolution of Path Dependence
The notion and interpretation of path dependence have been discussed and utilized in various social sciences during the last two decades. This innovative book provides significant new insights onto how the different applications of path dependence have developed and evolved. The authors suggest that there has been a definite evolution from applications of path dependence in the history of technology towards other fields of social science. They al…
Statens nett. Systemutvikling i norsk elforsyning 1890–2007
Unemployment and mortality—a longitudinal prospective study on selection and causation in 49321 Swedish middle-aged men
BACKGROUND: Unemployment is associated with increased risk of mortality. It is, however, not clear to what extent this is causal, or whether other risk factors remain uncontrolled for. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between unemployment and all-cause and cause-specific mortality, adjusting for indicators of mental disorder, behavioural risk factors and social factors over the life course. METHODS: This study was based on…
The power of corporate networks
"The power of corporate networks: a comparative and historical perspective, Routledge international studies in business history." Scandinavian Economic History Review, 64(2), pp. 175–176
What Can the State Do for You
It has been suggested that Swedish policy during the early post-war period was strongly directed towards mobility-increasing expenditures – most notably relocation allowances – aimed at moving labour from north to south. While this view has dominated the academic discussion on labour market policy, there is little direct evidence. We make three claims. First, the relocation allowances have to be evaluated against the regional policy. Second, by d…
The risk of pioneering
The making and running of one of the early Swedish civil aviation companies – Svenska Lufttrafikaktiebolaget 1919–23 – show that military representatives and private entrepreneurs were highly important during this phase. We state that the making of this early civil aviation company in Sweden had not been possible without close personal ties between bankers and entrepreneurs, as well as their beliefs in the future of civil aviation as a natural an…
Negotiating a new Swedish model
This article is aimed to contribute to our knowledge regarding employer and employee preferences about employment security and unemployment income protection as well as the degree of neoliberal change during the last decades through the lens of collective bargaining. It charts the institutional–historical development of an Employment Transition Agreement (ETA) between the bargaining cartel for white-collar unions, PTK, and the organisation for pr…
The social background of elite executives
Sweden is often described as a country where intergenerational social mobility is high, but research also shows that social mobility decreases the closer one gets to the extreme top of the income distribution. We study the occupational mobility for the CEOs of Sweden’s 30 largest public firms since 1945. The study is based on a data set consisting of 229 former and current CEOs who were born between the late 1800s and 1970. We have information ab…
Collective agreements against labor market risks in Sweden
Occupational welfare as an alternative to public welfare for the protection against social risks has lately attracted increased attention. However, there is no clear agreement on the causes behind the emergence and expansion of occupational welfare schemes in modern welfare states. This article contributes to this subject through a study of one specific form of occupational welfare in Sweden, called Employment Security or Transition Agreements, a…
The Nordic Model and the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
This article explores Sweden’s opposition to the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages. Despite broad support for minimum wage legislation across Europe, Swedish trade unions and employer organisations unanimously resisted the directive, fearing that it would undermine the autonomous collective bargaining model. Although the directive includes exemptions for countries with robust collective bargaining systems, concerns persist regarding potentia…
Between consensus and contention. Economic defence, industry interests, and the funding of metal stockpiling in Sweden, 1973–1987
The turmoil of conflict and international crisis affects government as well as business interests. This article investigates how government–business relationships developed to tackle the potential problems of so-called peacetime crises that could adversely affect the country's steel and metal industries if the imports of alloy metals were disrupted in Sweden during the 1970s and 1980s. Based on extensive archival material and using an Advocacy Co…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Business (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works)